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Many famous historical events were photographed in black and white in order to convey the atmosphere of past events and make them look glamorous and fashionable when the European aristocracy and beau monde were the part of it. The first series consists of various periods of European history, describing the process of conquering the lands overseas by European colonial empires in pictures.
It starts in 20th century Europe, when some famous historical events took place, like the infamous RMS Titanic cruise, portraying the events before the catastrophe. Some archive photos, like the Elizabeth II royal train interior, his arrival to the 20th century Paris, the members of royal family visiting the Musee d'Orsay clocks, then were present on the wedding event of their noble relative from Continental Europe. The events as they have been described here are not set in a chronological order and introduced in a form of memoir.
The next image in these series depicting the events of Belle Époque (1871-1914), icluding the first modern Olympic Games in human history that took place in 1896 in Athens, followed by the historic photo of the Notre Dame Cathedral, the gravure of Louvre Museum, the Exposition Universelle which took place in 1889 in Paris, then leading us to the vintage view of Parisian street in 20th century.
Then the series continue with the gravure of the city plan of Paris in 1705, then showing us the 17th century map of the Old World, leading us to the European colonialism era, Dutch East India Company, showing the historical photography of Bali island during the Colonial period, and eventually the conquering of the New World by Christopher Columbus and his expeditions, including 3 sea ships: Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria, meeting aboriginals on a new continent, then the events like Boston Tea Party which led to the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire, which was also depicted in these series, including the burning of White House by the British imperial forces.
